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Soldiers Play cricket in Virginia

Salience Noteworthy
Tags Civil War, Military
City/State/Country: Falmouth, VA, United States
Game Cricket
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
Age of Players Adult
Text

On April 27, 1863, at their camp at White Oak Church, near Falmouth, the soldiers of Neal's and Russell's Brigade played a game of cricket against each other.

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New York Clipper, May 9, 1863

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